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passport.dll

Freshy Toolbar

Freshy

This is a component of the Tightrope WebInstall, a setup program that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The module passport.dll by Freshy has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is installed as a toolbar in Internet Explore as ‘ms1 Search.us.com Toolbar’. This file is typically installed with the program Search.us.com by Freshy which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Freshy.com  (signed by Freshy)

Product:
Freshy Toolbar

Version:
2.0.0.1024

MD5:
32f6f6b5773654d28005e16ee2be64e8

SHA-1:
ff36a4fcbe636dac0245607104f84a199c4bc01b

SHA-256:
2da956ad91e8992fd8fcbc4669d8f74597d8f96fe037bd3356c82b48d4df703f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 10:16:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Tightrope.Toolbar
15.4.2.1

File size:
10.8 KB (11,104 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1024

Copyright:
(c) 2012 Freshy.com. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
FreshyToolbar.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tnt2\profiles\10261\passport.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freshy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/28/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Freshy, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Freshy, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3FE2E83B02F14E8E282304CFC46C3524

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/14/2012 7:19:55 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:amfxp7Q+UA3Ev4GiKp335/wJirNmL/fr8zVD+vKWr9ZCspE+TMIr5NycLy:3ZVnEvtJ3mirILYx7PeMqNd2

Entry address:
0x108E

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 48, 75, 08, 8B, 45, 08, A3, 18, 30, 00, 10, 33, C0, 40, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 1C, 8B, 4D, 0C, 8B, 45, 08, 53, 56, 57, 33, DB, 8D, 7D, E4, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, 89, 4D, F8, 2B, F9, 33, D2, 33, F6, 66, 83, 38, 30, 72, 1D, 0F, B7, 08, 66, 83, F9, 39, 77, 14, 6B, D2, 0A, 0F, B7, C9, 46, 8D, 54, 0A, D0, 0F, B7, 0C, 70, 83, F9, 30, 73, E6, 8B, 4D, F8, 89, 14, 0F, 85, F6, 74, 65, 8B, 09, 3B, CA, 7E, 08, 83, 7D, F4, 00, 74, 59, 3B, CA, 7D, 07, C7, 45, F4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
6.3243

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1024 Bytes (1,024 bytes)

Internet Explorer Toolbar
Display name:
0

CLSID:
{144EE044-AB30-4BCF-BECD-BE348F1A1FAB}

CLSID name:
ms1 Search.us.com Toolbar


The file passport.dll has been discovered within the following program.

Search.us.com  by Freshy
The Search.US Toolbar (My.Search.Us) is a Freshy powered toolbar for Intenet Explorer and Firefox.
search.us.com
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